Because Travis constantly writes hit pieces on ISU's athletic department and coach's. Is it too much to ask for to have just one writer on the beat of ISU to actually like ISU? I still remember him going after the men's soccer coach even after Pollard dismissed his whole article and gave him contract extension lol.
Hines predictions for each game
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Seems to me Hines has a little more old-timey, skeptical-of-the-company-line, looking-for-the-real-story attitude. Not a bad thing in a capital-j Journalist! When juxtaposed with his Hawkeye counterpart who seems to be more of a capital-f Fanboy, it leaves some of our fans pretty sour.
My caveat is that from some limited experience working with him, he was perfectly nice and professional. Fans who take his work personally are just looking for reasons to be upset. Couldn't agree more with the bolded... vote with your
Hines' prediction of W-L is within reason. I don't know if I agree with specific W-L choices or some of the point spreads.
I should have stopped reading when I saw he had the Red Wolves game a 4 point squeaker.
I actually prefer having somebody covering ISU with a jaundiced eye over a fanboy like Chad.
anyone know if Hines wants to put money where his mouth is on this score prediction?
Because I would jump all over beating that prediction. I get it is on the road, but ISU beat them 52-7 in Jack Trice Stadium.
I don't believe Centennial Bank Stadium or Jonesboro, AR is going to strike fear into the hearts of ISU to the point of a 41 point swing from last season.
To be fair, he was far from alone in getting the Big 12 all wrong...
2024 Big 12 Football Media Preseason Poll
| 1. Utah (20) | 906 | |
| 2. Kansas State (19) | 889 | |
| 3. Oklahoma State (14) | 829 | |
| 4. Kansas (5) | 772 | |
| 5. Arizona (3) | 762 | |
| 6. Iowa State | 661 | |
| 7. West Virginia | 581 | |
| 8. UCF | 551 | |
| 9. Texas Tech | 532 | |
| 10. TCU | 436 | |
| 11. Colorado | 400 | |
| 12. Baylor | 268 | |
| 13. BYU | 215 | |
| 14. Cincinnati | 196 | |
| 15. Houston | 157 | |
| 16. Arizona State | 141 |
How they finished:
2024 Big 12 Conference football standings
| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||
| No. 7 Arizona State y$^ | 7 | – | 2 | 11 | – | 3 | ||||||
| No. 15 Iowa State y | 7 | – | 2 | 11 | – | 3 | ||||||
| No. 13 BYU | 7 | – | 2 | 11 | – | 2 | ||||||
| No. 25 Colorado | 7 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||
| Baylor | 6 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||
| TCU | 6 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||
| Texas Tech | 6 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||
| Kansas State | 5 | – | 4 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||
| West Virginia | 5 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 7 | ||||||
| Kansas | 4 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||
| Cincinnati | 3 | – | 6 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||
| Houston | 3 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||
| Utah | 2 | – | 7 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||
| UCF | 2 | – | 7 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||
| Arizona | 2 | – | 7 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||
| Oklahoma State | 0 | – | 9 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||
| Championship: Arizona State 45, Iowa State 19 |
I accidentally started a CycloneInsider pod on YouTube other day. My first thought was, “My gosh, I remember when Hines was a kid!”
My second thought was, “That guy with him looks like a kid!”
My third thought, when Hines finally let the kid open his mouth was, “Hey, the teenager really knows his stuff!”
Dtill don’t have a clue what his name was.
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I don't know how you start throwing out ISU's 15 turnovers on the season while ignoring that ISU benefitted on 24 opponent turnovers.
Heaven forbid that I momentarily go off topic…
I feel like this statement is made through the lens of Brock’s NFL success, where at his best he’s had a better OL, and a deeper, more talented receiving corps that he or Rocco have had thus far at ISU.
Brock’s advantages were that he had Hakeem rampaging through defenses one year, and a reliable set of seasoned tight ends that Rocco hasn’t experienced for a full season…yet.
That may be about to change. Especially if Rocco returns for ‘26.
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Thank you. I sincerely appreciate you proving my point, beyond all doubt.
Reading comprehension is not your forte.
A little weird Hines is taking so much heat here for the Arkansas State score prediction when on pretty much every single podcast CW has been talking about how scared of that game he is. FWIW I disagree with them.
Hines' projections are realistic and has us over the Vegas O/U. If you think he's hating, you're soft.
Hines' projections are realistic and has us over the Vegas O/U. If you think he's hating, you're soft.
My point exactly. Hines has no idea and neither does anyone else.
Well, you see all of the turnover we got were deserved and the ones our opponents' got were flukey.
Rocco could really clean up his turnovers, he accounted for 3 of our 5 fumbles and 12 of our 15 TO.
Well , Hassel agrees with you on the Wisky game I see. He’s no Chadster apparently. Hope you’re right.
Idk I just think Wisconsin will be better than last year and it’s at Camp Randall
KU lost almost everyone on both sides of the ball. Last season was supposed to be their big year. Personally, I'm glad to see all of their receivers are gone. They've had our number the last two seasons, and I don't think that's all scheme. They've had size, speed, and experience on that side of the ball under Leipold, but they basically just have Daniels and the backup RB (who's solid) back. We should win that at home.
I thought Chad was the beat reporter. I could be wrong, I rarely read the DMR anymore.
All I know-when they show shots of Hines covering Cyclones pressers- he always looks very happy. Almost giddy.
